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Title: Provincial Boundaries: China, 1953

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 2006
  • Coverage: 1953

Publishers

  • University of Michigan. China Data Center

Summary

This polygon shapefile represents provincial boundaries in China from 1953. These data were primarily based on "The Historical Administrative Maps of the People's Republic of China" published by China Map Press. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. China Data Center. University of Michigan. (2010). Provincial Boundaries: China, 1953. Copyright by All China Marketing Research Co., Ltd. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/ty249zp2774

Subjects

  • Boundaries
  • China
  • Census
  • Administrative and political divisions
  • Chinese provinces
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (73.448799, 135.093307, 53.560299, 5.369586)
  • Geometry: BBOX (73.448799, 135.093307, 53.560299, 5.369586)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

China. Guo jia tong ji ju, Beijing Hua tong ren shi chang xin xi you xian ze ren gong si, Zhonghua di tu xue she, University of Michigan. China Data Center. Provincial Boundaries: China, 1953. University of Michigan. China Data Center. Polygon data. https://purl.stanford.edu/ty249zp2774

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English